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Kilgarriff calls time on Turner stint
Richard Kilgarriff is leaving his job as senior vice-president and general manager of Turner Europe at the end of the month. Kilgarriff has been with Turner in various roles for four years, most recently responsible for all the company's UK entertainment channels including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Toonami and Turner Classic ...
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NewsKilgarriff leaves Turner
Richard Kilgarriff is leaving his job as senior vice president, general manager Turner Europe at the end of the month in an amicable departure.
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NewsSky criticises switch-off plans
9.30am:BSkyB has criticised the government over its plans for digital switchover, claiming the move denies UK TV viewers the freedom of choice.
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Telewest 'rules out' private equity bidders for Flextech
Telewest is reportedly only interested in trade buyers for its content arm Flextech - a move that would rule out a private equity group bid.
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New chiefs at Sky One and ITV
Rival digital channels ITV2 and Sky One have got new interim programming chiefs for the coming few months.
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ITV and Sky renew Champions League deal
ITV and Sky have retained the rights to UEFA Champions League Football for a further three years. Under the new deal, which kicks off from the start of next season, ITV will take the pick of the two best matches on Tuesday nights - one on ITV1 and the other ...
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Sky Travel buys
Sky Travel has bought Taboo, a popular factual series from National Geographic Television International which looks at different cultures. The 11 x 60-minute show features guinea pig-eating in Peru, Hindi devotees who put steel hooks through their skin and people who live in cemeteries in the ...
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Top of the Pops sells to South America
BBC music show Top of the Popshas been picked up by Latin American entertainment channel People + Arts, a joint-venture between BBC Worldwide and Discovery. The programme will be broadcast shortly after its transmission in the UK, with presenter links from Fearne Cotton and guest presenters ...
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Are you sure, Tessa?
With the Border region lined up to be the first to go digital, doubts remain over whether the government and broadcasters have adequately prepared for, and funded, the upheaval of switchover, writes Jenny Smith.
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Turkeys for Christmas?
Do the broadcasters know what they're letting themselves in for when they give the thumbs-up to digital switchover?
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NewsJowell pledges digital TV for all
Tessa Jowell will tonight (Thursday) fire the starting gun for a fully digital Britain by confirming the 2008 to 2012 analogue TV switch-off target and pledging to give 'the disabled pensioner... the same access to digital as the City broker'.
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NewsITV plans 'transactional' channels
ITV is planning to launch a suite of 'transactional' TV channels next year, including gaming and shopping offerings, in a bid to open up new revenue streams.
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NewsSwitchover gains support
A survey of 110 people working in the television market has revealed widespread support of digital switchover - but concerns about its likely impact on programming budgets in the future.
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NewsITV to launch more channels
4.45pm:ITV is planning to launch a suite of 'transactional' TV channels next year, including gaming and shopping offerings, in a bid to open up new revenue streams.
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NewsClinton aide lands Sky News show
BSkyB has hired Bill Clinton's former spokesman James Rubin to present a show on Sky News.
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NewsEC to launch legal action against Premiership
The European Commission has stepped up its campaign to end the monopoly of Premiership football rights, by confirming that it will start legal action against the League.
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NewsCinven joins Flextech fray
Private equity firm Cinven has emerged as a bidder for Telewest content arm Flextech.
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Extreme sells poker
Extreme Entertainment has signed an exclusive worldwide distribution deal with The Poker Channel. Extreme will look to sell both standalone programming and branded blocks of the channel internationally in all territories except the UK. The Poker Channel, which launched in March this year, has produced 150 hours of programming to ...
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Homechoice to go national with eight new channels
Homechoice is gearing up for a national rollout next year by adding eight new channels and three on-demand services.
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New TV talent to get own channel
A channel devoted to new TV and film talent is set to launch next year.